alikabok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *alik-qabuk, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabuk.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalikaˈbok/ [ʔɐ.lɪ.xɐˈbok]
  • Rhymes: -ok
  • Syllabification: a‧li‧ka‧bok

Noun

alikabók (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜒᜃᜊᜓᜃ᜔)

  1. dust

Derived terms

References

  1. Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*qabuk § *alik-qabuk”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Further reading

  • alikabok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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